2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 18 and 20 August.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Irene Jelagat  Kenya
Silver	Mercy Kosgei  Kenya
Bronze	Yuriko Kobayashi  Japan

Results

Final

20 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Irene Jelagat	Kenya	4:08.88
	Mercy Kosgei	Kenya	4:12.48
	Yuriko Kobayashi	Japan	4:12.88
4	Emebt Etea	Ethiopia	4:12.94
5	Merat Bahta	Eritrea	4:16.01
6	Azra Eminovic	Serbia	4:16.20
7	Tereza Capková	Czech Republic	4:16.37
8	Stephanie Twell	United Kingdom	4:16.58
9	Jin Yuan	China	4:18.64
10	Erin Bedell	United States	4:20.01
11	Zoe Buckman	Australia	4:20.59
12	Kristine Eikrem Engeset	Norway	4:29.52

Heats

18 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Yuriko Kobayashi	Japan	4:19.14	Q
2	Stephanie Twell	United Kingdom	4:19.78	Q
3	Kristine Eikrem Engeset	Norway	4:19.94	Q
4	Li Yong	China	4:22.29
5	Danielle Tauro	United States	4:24.16
6	Cristina Vasiloiu	Romania	4:26.56
7	Svetlana Kudelich	Belarus	4:32.59
8	Imane Al-Jallad	Syria	4:33.03
9	Theresia Alugodhi	Namibia	4:41.22

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Emebt Etea	Ethiopia	4:23.52	Q
2	Mercy Kosgei	Kenya	4:23.53	Q
3	Azra Eminovic	Serbia	4:25.49	Q
4	Akane Ota	Japan	4:28.34
5	Denise Krebs	Germany	4:31.73
6	Amina Bakhit	Sudan	4:31.79
7	Jennifer Biewald	Canada	4:34.14

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Irene Jelagat	Kenya	4:15.80	Q
2	Merat Bahta	Eritrea	4:18.10	Q
3	Jin Yuan	China	4:18.85	Q
4	Tereza Capková	Czech Republic	4:19.00	q
5	Zoe Buckman	Australia	4:20.24	q
6	Erin Bedell	United States	4:20.67	q
7	Hannah England	United Kingdom	4:23.49
8	Valentina Costanza	Italy	4:24.31
9	Alexandra Becker	Canada	4:30.70
10	Sonia Brahmi	Tunisia	4:33.45

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.

•  Australia (1)
•  Belarus (1)
•  Canada (2)
•  China (2)
•  Czech Republic (1)
•  Eritrea (1)
•  Ethiopia (1)
•  Germany (1)
•  Italy (1)
•  Japan (2)
•  Kenya (2)
•  Namibia (1)
•  Norway (1)
•  Romania (1)
•  Serbia (1)
•  Sudan (1)
•  Syria (1)
•  Tunisia (1)
•  United Kingdom (2)
•  United States (2)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2006 Beijing CHN Aug 15-20, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 12 March 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015